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Publication Are suicide bombings courageous actions?(2006) Woodside, Stephen N.Publication Views of the self and their ethical implications.(1990) Ravens, Thomas M.Publication Cartesian philosophy and the study of language.(1986) Webelhuth, GertPublication A radical epistemology of 'other worlds' : acausation, nonlinearity, consciousness.(1985) Radin, JeromePublication The insanity defense.(1976) Markham, Jesse WilliamPublication Locke's concept of personal identity.(1972) Maurer, Michelle MargueriteIn thin paper I shall examine the problem of personal Identity ns dealt with by John Locke. There are related issues that set the groundwork for his discussion of the personal identity problem. These issues include 'person' in the technical sense ns distinct from ’man,' the relation of eta terial and immaterial substance, the nature of mind, and consciousness.Publication "On Wittgenstein's approach to language and reality."(1961) Lovejoy, John MoultonPublication Absolutism, utilitarianism, and moral military decision making.(1999) Nakutis, Kristine V.Publication The problem of intervention.(1999) Barnes, David M.Publication Wittgenstein, normativity, and Kripke's 'sceptical paradox'.(1997) Kovriga, AlexanderPublication The legal philosophy of Ronald Dworkin.(1977) Karlsson, Gial VictoriaPublication Teaching virtue.(1977) Von Staats, Nancy N.Publication Leibniz' doctrine of super-essentialism and world-bound individuals.(1979) Knoche, Craig F.Publication Exportation, transparent belief and quantifying in.(1979) Simon, Harvey I.Publication A pragmatist: William Edward Burghardt DuBois.(1980) Meade, Homer L.This Master's Thesis addresses the question, "Was William Edward Burghardt DuBois a pragmatic philosopher in the strictest sense?" In answering the question this writer has had to refer to the traditions of philosophic speculation as stated in coherence, correspondence, and pragmatic theories. The historical trends of past civilizations, which were brought to bear upon the conditions of economies and politics faced by the nations of the Renaissance period, and which lead directly to the New World slave trade of the fifteenth century, had to be examined. In addition the history of the Afro-American upon the North American continent had to be researched. The need to address these wide ranging areas is based upon my claim that the statement made in 1900, "The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the colorline," is DuBois' evaluation of information gathered in studying periods of world civilizations. Western European societal growth, and the history of the Black man.Publication Intention, the principle of double effect, and military action.(1981) Hoffman, Hugh F. T.The Principle of Double Effect has served as a guide for both statesmen and soldiers since the middle ages in determining which acts in war are morally permissible and which are not. It is used, in particular, by those who make their moral decisions on the basis of certain moral rules that concern the moral consequences of action. This Principle of Double Effect (hereafter referred to as PDE) comes into play in situations where an agent has the option of performing an act with both good and bad consequences. Advocates of PDE believe that it is morally significant whether a bad consequence is intended by the agent or merely forseen as incidental to an act that is in all other respects morally acceptable.^ Of great interest to moral philosophers discussing acts of war is how this principle applies to the deaths of persons not directly involved in the prosecution of the war. Proponents of the PDE claim that while it is morally impermissible to intentionally bring about the deaths of innocent people during combat, either as a means to a military objective or as a goal in itself, it is permissible under certain circumstances for an agent to choose a course of action which may bring about the deaths of innocent people as a forseeable consequence.Publication Common sense and ordinary language.(1968) Rothbart, Ronald IsaacPublication Kant and language.(1962) Noren, Stephen JoelPublication Some problems encountered in Sidgwick's utilitarianism.(1962) Killam, Paul Chester